al masri and four others appeared in federal courtrooms just hours after landing on american soil. >>> an extraordinary trial in vatican city has ended with a guilty verdict. the former butler to pope benedict xvi was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing confidential church documents and passing them on to an italian journalist. a vatican spokesman says the pope will most likely pardon him. >>> gas prices in california jumped again overnight. drivers are now paying an average of $4.61 a gallon. with some parts of the state seeing closer to six bucks. experts are blaming it on a series of problems in california refineries and an already low supply. cnn affiliate knbc reports that most drivers are paying 50 cents more than just a week ago. >>> the deadly meningitis outbreak is rapidly growing. today, the cdc announced meningitis cases were found in two new states, ohio and minnesota. this map shows you where tainted steroid injections linked to the outbreak were sent. dr. sanjay gupta has more on how the meningitis outbreak got started. >> again, we're talking about fu fungal m